Umbrella runner or notch.



No. 648,245. Patented Apr. 24, I900.

L. L. DEWEESE.

UMBRELLA RUNNER DR NUTGH.

(Application filed Aug. 12, 1899.) 4

(N0 Medal.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI L. DEWEESE, OF CANTON, O HIO,.ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD 'lO RALPH RQDEWEE SE, OF SAMEPLACE.

UMBRELLA RUNNER NOTCH.

srncirrcnrxonfomin art of Letters llatentNo. 648,245, dated April 24, 1900.

I i I Application filed August 12,1899. Serial No. 727,084. (No model.)

" To all whom it .may concern.- I

Be it known that I, LEVI L. DEwEEsE, a

v citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas or Parasols; and

' I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had-to the annexed drawings,

the figures of reference marked: thereon, in which- Figure 1 is'a view showinga portion of the stickand the diflerent parts iroperlyconnected and closed, the cover being removed.

Fig. 2 is a topview of the top notch. Fig. 3

is a side view of' the recessed upper section of "the notch. Fig. 4 is a view showing the upper side of the lower section; of the notch. Fig. 5 is a detached view of the lower section of the notch. Fig. 6 is a vertical section the umbrella or parasol partially opened. -'Fig. FignlO 7 is a 9 is a top View of the. runner. side elevation showing the stretcher-retaining thimble removed. Fig. 11 is a sidegele vation of the runner, showing the stretcher retainer thimble placed in position to conretainingthimble. Fig. 14 is a vertical sec-.

tion of the 'thimble, showing the stretcher properly connected. Figs. 15 and 16 are detached views showing the bottom or lower ends of the stretcher. I Fig. 17 is a view showing a portion of the runner, also showing one r of the stretchers extended.

The present invention has relation tou m" 'brellas or parasols; and it consists in the.

novel construction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim. I

' Similar numerals of reference indicate cor- 5o responding parts i'nitillv thefigures of the drawings.

making a part of this specification, and to;

formingthe spaces 5. w curved at their upper ends,.as illustrated in nect the stretcher to the runner. Fig.12 is a top view-of the stretchergretainer thimb1e. Fig. 13 is a detached View of the sti etcherr.

, "Upon In the accompanying drawings,1 represents the stick, which is of the ordinary construction; reference being had -to attaching any improvements thereto. To the upperportion of the stick is securely attached in any convenient 'and-well-kno'wn manner the hooked head 2 or notch, which hooked head forms the lower port-ion or member of the notchhead proper, and the upper'section or member 3 is located upon the top of the notchhead or member 2 and both of said members securely attached to the stick. The notched head 2 is provided with the outwardly-extending hooks it. which outwardly-extendin hooks are spaced one from the other, tnereby The ribs 6 are bent or Fig. 6, and their upper ends are provided with T-head-s 7. The upper ends of the ribs 6 are bent or curved, so as to allow the ribs to fit snugly against the stick 1 when the umbrella or parasol is closed. Another object of curvingthe top or upper ends of the ribs 6 is to provide a means for securely seating the'ribs' into the notches 8, formed inthe upper section of the head 3,when the umbrella or parasol is opened and theribs extended, by which arrangement the T-heads. are forced downward into the bottom of the hooks 4..

It will be understood that by securely seating the ribs into the notches 8 and at the same time-forcing the T-heads intothe 'bottom offthe books the ribs will be held in a rigid conditien when the umbrella or parasol is openedwhich runn er is provided with the hooks per end .ofthe runner and spaced so as to the/stick 1 is located the runner 9,

-1 O, said'hooks being located upon the upupon which screw-threaded portion is located the stretcher-retaining thimble 13, which stretcher-retaining"thimble when in its normal position is located directly under the lower ends of 'the hooks '10, said thimble 13 being provided with the flange 14 It .will'be understoodthat hen the thimble 13 is lowered, asillustrated in Fig. 11,

the bottom or lower ends of the stretchers 15 can be easily connected by simply passing the T-heads 16 under the hooks and seating said T-heads into the hooks 10. After the stretchers have been properly connected the thimble 13 is turned so as to bring the flange 14 against the bottom or under ends of the hooks 10, thereby preventing the stretchers from becoming detached from the runner.

It will be understood that by my peculiar arrangement the ribs 6 and the stretchers 15 can be easily assembled and at the same time anew stretcher or a new rib can be easily placed in position, thereby providing an umbrella or parasol that can be easily repaired, and it will be understood that by turning the ribs 6 so as to bring the heads 7 into the position illustrated on the right-hand side of Fig. 6 they can be placed under'the upper section 3 of the head and then turned and brought into the hooks 4, the stretchers being detached by simply lowering the thimble 13, at which time the stretchers are free to be removed from the.runners.

, ward against the inner edges of the hooks by For the purpose of allowing the stretchers to come in close contact with the stick 1 the bottom or lower ends of the stretchersare curved, as illustrated in the drawings, and another object of curving the lower ends of. thestretchers is to force .the T-heads 16 upventing any unnecessary wear to the cover proper.

For the purpose of forming a space between the upper ends of the ribs fi and the inner side of the cover the cover 17 is extended upward and connected above or on top of the section 3 of the head, by which arrangement a space is formed between the cover and the ribs, thereby preventing the ribs from injuring the cover and atthe same time allowing the cover to be more easily dried than when the ribs are held in close contact with the cover at the upper ends of the ribs.

The hooks formed upon the runner and the notched head are substantially the same in their general construction, except that their localtionis different, reference being had to the use and the assembling of the dilferent parts. 7

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i In an umbrella or parasol, the combination of the stick 1, provided with the hooked head 2, a notched head 3 located over, the hooks formed upon the hooked head and said parts connected to the stick, ribs provided with T- heads, and the T-heads located in the hooks formed upon the hooked head, said ribshavingbends or curves at their upper endsarched toward the stick, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that Iclaim the above I have I hereunto subscribed myname in the presence of two witnesses.

Lizvi L. DEWEESE. Witnesses:

F. W. BOND, J. R. BOND. 

